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PLOS ONE
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131813
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- Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [HI12C0315]
Background The role of soluble factors in the suppression of allergic airway inflammation by adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) remains to be elucidated. Moreover, the major soluble factors responsible for the immunomodulatory effects of ASCs in allergic airway diseases have not been well documented. We evaluated the effects of ASCs on allergic inflammation in asthmatic mice treated with a prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) inhibitor or transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) neutralizing antibodies. Methods and Findings Asthmatic mice were injected intraperitoneally with a PGE2 inhibitor or TGF-beta neutralizing antibodies at approximately the same time as ASCs injection and were compared with nontreated controls. In asthmatic mice, ASCs significantly reduced airway hyperresponsiveness, the number of total inflammatory cells and eosinophils in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), eosinophilic inflammation, goblet cell hyperplasia, and serum total and allergen-specific IgE and IgG1. ASCs significantly inhibited Th2 cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-1 beta, and enhanced the Th1 cytokine (Interferon-gamma) and regulatory cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-beta) in the BALF and lung draining lymph nodes (LLNs). ASCs engraftment caused significant increases in the regulatory T cell (Treg) and IL-10(+)T cell populations in LLNs. However, blocking PGE2 or TGF-beta eliminated the immunosuppressive effect of ASCs in allergic airway inflammation. Conclusions ASCs are capable of secreting PGE2 and TGF-beta, which may play a role in inducing Treg expansion. Furthermore, treatment with a PGE2 inhibitor or TGF-beta neutralizing antibodies eliminated the beneficial effect of ASCs treatment in asthmatic mice, suggesting that PGE2 and TGF-beta are the major soluble factors responsible for suppressing allergic airway inflammation.
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